Geology of the Bozdag area, central Menderes massif, SW Turkey: Pan-African basement and Alpine deformation

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 394-406

  Hetzel, R ^a,c   Romer, R L ^a   Candan, O ^b   Passchier, C W ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ductile deformation; Menderes massif; Pan african orogeny; Shear sense indicators; Thrusting; Turkey; U pb dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749149855     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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